PARSHAS VAYESHEV/CHANUKAH 5773
Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch/Ashar STAM TORAH PARSHAS VAYESHEV/CHANUKAH 5773 “YOU NEVER KNOW[1]” As a five-year-old child in a Polish village, Laizer Halberstam violated an unwritten rule by befriending a young Polish gentile neighbor. The two of them swapped stamps, coins, and one fateful day, they decided […]
PARSHAS VAYESHEV/CHANUKAH 5773
“RABBI’S MUSINGS (& AMUSINGS)” Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Vayeshev 23 Kislev 5773/December 7, 2012 What a delightful Holiday Chanukah is; a holiday of light and a celebration of the divine. The customs and traditions of Chanukah add to the joy of the day, as we play dreidel and then eat latkes and donuts until we […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ/ CHANUKAH 5772
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Miketz – Shabbos Chanukah 27 Kislev 5772/December 23, 2011 I’m typing this quietly because I don’t want my car to hear. My faithful Hyundai Sonata – may it live and be well until 120,000 and more (it’s not too far off) – is still going strong b’h. […]
PARSHAS MIKETZ/ CHANUKAH 5772
Download the original attachment Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch Sign up to receive Stam Torah via email each week at: STAM TORAH PARSHAS MIKETZ/ CHANUKAH 5772 “WAKE UP AND SMELL THE OIL” In 1948 the Israeli forces consisted of 17,600 rifles, 2,700 steno guns, 1,000 machine guns, […]
MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5771
Download the original attachment Erev Shabbos Kodesh Parshas Miketz 2nd day of Chanukah 26 Kislev 5771/December 3, 2010 Not far from our home is a lush and beautiful golf course. Every Shabbos morning as I make my way to shul it is still relatively early for most of the world on a weekend morning. Aside […]
MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5771
Download the original attachment Rabbi Doniel Staum, LMSW Rabbi, Kehillat New Hempstead Social Worker, Yeshiva Bais Hachinuch To receive Stam Torah via email each week, send an email to: stam-torah+subscribe@googlegroups.com STAM TORAH MIKETZ/CHANUKAH 5771 “BONELESS WONDER” Between the two World Wars, Winston Churchill, the future legendary Prime Minster of Great Britain, was exasperated with the […]